Steven Were Omamo is Director of Development Strategies and Governance and Director for Africa with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), based in Nairobi, Kenya. He has held several key positions with New Growth International, the UN World Food Programme, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), the former International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR), the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA), and Egerton University, Kenya. He is an Adjunct Professor of Agricultural Economics at Virginia Tech University and holds PhD and MA degrees from Stanford University, an MS from the University of Connecticut, and a BS from California State University, Fresno.